Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1979, and whether they can be seen from New Delhi, Delhi, India. Sutak is kept only where the eclipse is visible: twelve hours before a solar eclipse and nine before a lunar one.
Solar eclipse, 26 February 1979
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:15 to 00:32, 27 Feb, greatest at 22:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 21:37 to 23:10
Lunar eclipse, 14 March 1979
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:59 to 04:16, greatest at 02:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:42, 13 Mar to 05:33, greatest at 02:38
- Magnitude
- 0.853
- Sutak begins
- 13 Mar, 15:59
Solar eclipse, 22 August 1979
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:25 to 01:17, 23 Aug, greatest at 22:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 22:12 to 23:30
Lunar eclipse, 06 September 1979
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:48 to 18:00, greatest at 16:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:56 to 18:56, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.094
- Sutak begins
- 06 Sep, 05:48
- Totality
- 16:01 to 16:46
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.